Anadyr Islands
20-01-2007, 15:18
Saturday, January 20th, 2007: 07:00 AM : Abyssinian National/ Anniversary of the Restoration of the Monarchy Day
Emporer Ilahi Selassie was not a very modest man. This could be seen in the dress he wore, regal but traditional Imperial Ethiopian robes and a majestic crown of many jewels, and the manner in which he conducted himself. Everyday, he awoke with a servant already waiting for his imperial majesty to greet him with a warm greeting of the morning and a hot and delicous breakfast. The emporer had the servant dress him as well and would not care if the servant was tired from staying up all night, watching him for anything that could cause harm to the emporer. Everything was done for him, but today, he would do something only he could do, something he was quite good at.
He would speak to the people.
As he assembled himself to head out to his palace balcony, where people had been quietly and patiently waiting for their beloved emporer to adress them, he smiled slightly. He was proud of himself, quite aware of the fact he had been born an average man descended from a noble line and worked himself up to become emporer of a great nation. The fact that he had been a general in the army had helped. He was also proud of the fact he would never memorize a speech, but improvise every inspirational masterpiece he delivered. Mabye it was his charisma that had brought him to power. Mabye.
The sun shone in his eyes as he stepped out into the balcony, so high above the rest of the people below, and he smiled his trademark lovable, patriarchial smile.He then shouted to all the silent but excited masses below,
"Greeting, my people! It is I, your emporer!"They crowds took this moment to cheer insanely. It wasn't just his charisma that had earned him all this. His economic and social reforms, combined with his shewd statesman ship, had taken his country from a simple African nation to an empire that had true influence, modernity and power, Politically, militarily and economically.
"Now, it is with this day, we celebrate. We do not celebrate for myself, for my ascendance to the throne of Abyssinia, for our rise to a great nation in the ranks of the world. No, today we celebrate for you, my people! For the average man who serves his empire loyally and fully everyday or the woman who gives birth to the future and takes care of her husband... Today it is your day!"
The crowds cheered yet again.
Emporer Ilahi Selassie was not a very modest man. This could be seen in the dress he wore, regal but traditional Imperial Ethiopian robes and a majestic crown of many jewels, and the manner in which he conducted himself. Everyday, he awoke with a servant already waiting for his imperial majesty to greet him with a warm greeting of the morning and a hot and delicous breakfast. The emporer had the servant dress him as well and would not care if the servant was tired from staying up all night, watching him for anything that could cause harm to the emporer. Everything was done for him, but today, he would do something only he could do, something he was quite good at.
He would speak to the people.
As he assembled himself to head out to his palace balcony, where people had been quietly and patiently waiting for their beloved emporer to adress them, he smiled slightly. He was proud of himself, quite aware of the fact he had been born an average man descended from a noble line and worked himself up to become emporer of a great nation. The fact that he had been a general in the army had helped. He was also proud of the fact he would never memorize a speech, but improvise every inspirational masterpiece he delivered. Mabye it was his charisma that had brought him to power. Mabye.
The sun shone in his eyes as he stepped out into the balcony, so high above the rest of the people below, and he smiled his trademark lovable, patriarchial smile.He then shouted to all the silent but excited masses below,
"Greeting, my people! It is I, your emporer!"They crowds took this moment to cheer insanely. It wasn't just his charisma that had earned him all this. His economic and social reforms, combined with his shewd statesman ship, had taken his country from a simple African nation to an empire that had true influence, modernity and power, Politically, militarily and economically.
"Now, it is with this day, we celebrate. We do not celebrate for myself, for my ascendance to the throne of Abyssinia, for our rise to a great nation in the ranks of the world. No, today we celebrate for you, my people! For the average man who serves his empire loyally and fully everyday or the woman who gives birth to the future and takes care of her husband... Today it is your day!"
The crowds cheered yet again.